Ingredients:

• 2 – Brinjals (medium size)
• 1 cup – Toor Dal
• 1 – Onion (medium size)
• 3 – Green chillies (cut into small pieces)
• Coriander leaves (chopped)
• 5 Cloves – Garlic and 1-inch Ginger (ground together)
• 1 tsp – Cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 2 tsp – Dhania seeds
• 2 – Red Chillies
• 1 pinch – Hing
• 1 pinch – Turmeric powder
• Oil
• salt according to taste

Method:

1. Roast the toor dal for about a minute.
2. Cook the dal in a pressure cooker for about 2 minutes or for one whistle.
3. In a heavy bottomed pan, fry red chillies, cumin, and dhania seeds, and grind them to form a fine powder.
4. In a heavy bottomed pan put 2 tsp of oil, and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, hing, and turmeric powder.
5. When they splutter, add green chillies, ginger-garlic paste, onion and brinjal, and stir well.
6. Let it cook for about 3 minutes.
7. Add toor dal and salt.
8. Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes.
9. Put it to simmer, add coriander leaves, and cook for about a minute.
10. You can also garnish with grated coconut.

Recipe courtesy of Malathi